Marquette played in the consolation bracket of the Maui Invitational because Butler's Rotnei Clarke hit a crazy shot to win the opening game (one that was well defended). But for that shot, it would have been Marquette playing Illinois for the title. The Golden Eagles have good guards, a load in Davante Gardner and an emerging star in Vander Blue. Despite the loss to Butler, this is a very good team.

Marquette played in the consolation bracket of the Maui Invitational because Butler's Rotnei Clarke hit a crazy shot to win the opening game (one that was well defended). But for that shot, it would have been Marquette playing Illinois for the title. The Golden Eagles have good guards, a load in Davante Gardner and an emerging star in Vander Blue. Despite the loss to Butler, this is a very good team.

Well, speaking of AP voters, our own Mike Hunt is getting ripped continously for his voting by CBS' Gary Parrish.

This week's "Guess who turned in another silly ballot?", where Hunt ranked Duke 5th and no other voter was lower than third was Parrish's highlight. The prior week seems a stretch since he admitted Hunt was adjusting to what were "appropriate" rankings, the week before again for ranking Duke too low.

I always wonder what version of RPI they are running since it is so out of skew with the others. RPI Forecast has us at 91. Warren Nolan's RPI version has us at 90. Team Rankings RPI has us at 90. Statsheet RPI has us at 89. CBS RPI only goes to the top 68 and we aren't in there (assuming we are at 90 or 91). Realtime has something very funky with their formula that no one else in the RPI world uses.

I always wonder what version of RPI they are running since it is so out of skew with the others. RPI Forecast has us at 91. Warren Nolan's RPI version has us at 90. Team Rankings RPI has us at 90. Statsheet RPI has us at 89. CBS RPI only goes to the top 68 and we aren't in there (assuming we are at 90 or 91). Realtime has something very funky with their formula that no one else in the RPI world uses.

Their RPI has MU at 93. Point is, RPI in December is meaningless. The #27 is their Power Ranking which is stats based.

Yes, yes, yes. RPI is a horribly flawed system even in March and as such is waning in influence with the selection committee. In December, it's totally worthless. It makes the preseason pollsters who are laughed at on Scoop look like soothsayers. Why it even bears mention here at this time of the year is baffling.

Guessing we have to win for a few more weeks to make it in at the bottom. Non-conference would be 10-2 with the losses to good teams, but no noteworthy wins. Guessing if we can close out the OOC slate and win those first two conference home games we would make it in in three weeks.